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In reply to the discussion: The State Of The Job Market Job Seeking Process Is Reducing Applicants To Desperate Beggars. [View all]Adrahil
(13,340 posts).... The fact is that a combination of automation, the export of skilled jobs, and the destruction of the labor movement (with also suffered from many self-inflicted wounds) as all but destroyed middle-class "working" jobs. There are still some there... Specialty skilled jobs like CNC machinists and welders, but many of these are being offered with shockingly low wages. A local manufacturing enterprise was recently trying to hire experienced welders with multiple crest for $14/hr. $14! Fortunately, they couldn't hire many at that way and were forced to boost the offering to $20/hr. Even that was low for the experience they said they wanted.
I agree with Obama that we need a focused effort on specialized training. Not half-assed vo-tec training, but real training in a skill, complete with certifications. And those training efforts need to be coupled with industry. I hope Uncle Joe's efforts to review training programs offers some real possibilities. Not that Congress will do ANYTHING to help....
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